Oddly, the driver – thought to be in his 60s – of the yellow Fiat remains at a total standstill for almost a minute after the crash.

And then he edges his car forward from the wall and back out into the road.

But instead of getting out the car to check the damage to the black Fiesta, the motorist pauses for a further half a minute, before driving off down the road to look for another parking spot.

Smash: The yellow Fiat reverses into a building after a disastrous parallel parking attempt (Image: Caters)

However, his attempt at parking was far from over, as the driver returned to the scene of the collision not once, but twice within 20 minutes to carry out a quick spot of spring cleaning.

In what appears to be an attempt to clear the broken glass from the road, the driver can be seen brushing the debris from the crash to the side of the pavement, before walking off down a nearby alleyway.

Owner of the black Fiesta, Walter Cunningham, a 59-year-old retired prison officer, said his friend filmed the incident on a CCTV camera mounted outside his home.

Walter, from Bo'ness, Scotland said: “It was awful seeing him ruin my motor like that, especially as I could do nothing to prevent it.

Bizarre: Amazingly the driver returns to re-park his car from the other direction (Image: Caters)

“In the video, you see a yellow Fiat drawing into a large parking space, manoeuvre back to get a better position, and then suddenly reverse at speed turning his car.

“The driver then side swipes my black Fiesta and mounts the kerb, only narrowly missing a woman and child walking her dog.

“Bizarrely, he then parked further down the street before returning to the scene on two separate occasions.

“You can see that he checks my car before kicking the broken fog lamp glass to the curb.

“He looked pretty flustered to me, but after a quick clean-up operation, he just walks away.”